The Password Nazis Need to Find a New Hobby
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AT&T Is Seriously Sucking Up to Donald Trump
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here is AT&T on the Republican tax plan: June 2017: “AT&T is on pace to invest around $22 billion in the United States this year, CEO Randall Stephenson told CNBC on Thursday….Ahead of the tech meeting, Stephenson told “Squawk Box” the company will increase its…
Gary Cohn Is Dumbfounded. Here’s a Chart to Help Him.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. White House economic adviser Gary Cohn just can’t figure out why the Republican tax plan is so unpopular: “To be honest with you, I don’t know,’’ Cohn said Wednesday at a Washington event hosted by Axios, when asked why the plan lacked public support. Middle-income…
If You Live in a Red State, the Trump Administration Wants to Steal Your Tips
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that allows restaurant owners to collect all tips and then distribute them among both tipped and nontipped employees: The proposal would help decrease wage disparities between tipped and non-tipped workers…such as restaurant cooks and dish washers. These…
The Generic Ballot Is Predicting a Republican Bloodbath Next Year
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I am generally a skeptic of the “generic ballot” question. This is the one that asks if you plan to vote for a Democrat or a Republican in an upcoming congressional election, and Democrats always seem to hold a big lead. But then that lead…
Six Things You Might Not Know About the Republican Tax Bill
Gage Skidmore/Planet Pix via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Well, the Republican tax bill is set to pass later today. You know the basics: it cuts corporate taxes permanently but cuts individual taxes only temporarily. It’s a pretty good deal for rich people, not so great for the middle…